Foldable seat for small rooms



Oc't. 4, 1932. P. THlBoDE-AU 1,880,532

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Patented Oct. 4, 1932 UNITED STATS PETER THIBODEAU, or wILLIMANsn'rr, MASSACHUSETTS FOLDABLE SEAT FOR SMALL ROOMS Application led December 17, 1928. Serial No. 326,461.

IIhis invention relates to improvements in foldable seats. It is particularly designed for use as a wall seat that may be readily folded into a recess in the wall of the room, as a hath room, breakfast nook or barber shop, where it is desirable that the seat be folded into a recess, thus bringing the outer surface of the seat substantially flush with the Vertical wall of the room, when not in use.

Broadly, it comprises a member that is pivotally supported by means of suitable brackets and a pivot pin on the wall or panel portion of a room. Means is provided for limiting the downward movement or position of the seat which is then located in a substantially horizontal plane.

Further means is provided for retaining the seat in a closed or folded position, which comprises a flat or leaf spring that is located in the rear portion of the opening of the wall.

Referring to the drawing:

F ig. 1 is a front elevational view showing the seat in its folded position and illustrating the brackets and pivotal connecting means.

Fig. 2 isa rear elevational view illustrating the springs for retaining the seat in either of its open or folded position, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the opening in the wall of a room and the two springs for retaining the seat in either a folded or open position.

Referring to the drawing in detail l designates the casing or panelling, which surrounds the opening 2. 3 is the seat proper which is pivotally supported on the part 4: of the panel construction by means of the two brackets 5 and 6. 7 indicates a pivotal rod which passes through the arms of the brackets. Attached to the rear wall 8 of the panel construction is a iiat spring 9 by means of the screw 10 and clip 10. This spring is formedvwith an outwardly curved lower end portion 9. 11 indicates a second flat spring which is located in the opening 12 and rests upon the shoulder part 13. The seat 3 is shown in Fig. 3 in its open position. In this position, the inner end 3 rests against the lower end of the member 8, and serves, therefore, as a stop to any further downward movelower or rearward end through the path indica-ted by the dotted lines 16 at the rear end of the seat. This rear end presses the spring 9 outwardly when the seat is in open position, and in closed position its lower end engages the spring 11 forcing it downward into the dotted line position 11. The angle 92 in the spring 9 serves the purpose of frictionally engaging the rear edge of the seat and retaining it in a horizontal position, while the spring 11 operates to hold it in the folded vertical position, which position is indicated by the dotted lines 16. The bracket 5, when it is folded, follows the path indicated by the dottpd lines 5. A suitable handle is shown at 1 F rom this description, it will be seen that I have provided a wall seat that is capable of Y being readily folded into either an open or closed position.

It is obvious that the panel construction 1 may be readily Secured to the woodwork surrounding an opening or recess in the wall of the room and secured by any suitable means, as screws 18, the seat portion .3 being a part of the fixture.

What I claim is:

A foldable wall seat comprising, in combination, a panel member removably secured to a wall and having a vertically extending opening therein, a seat located within said opening and pivotally secured intermediate the ends thereof to the panel, between the upper and lower ends of said opening, a rear depending part at the upper end of said opening having a straight lower edge providing a horizontal abutment for the lower end of said seat in extended position, latch means to hold the seat in extended position comprising a depending spring on the rear side of the depending part and having a curved lower end and a straight portion adjacent the lower seat abutment edge of the depending part, an upwardly extending part at the lower end of the opening at the front side of the opening, and providing a ledge surface along the lower edge of said opening and adjacent the upwardly extending part, and means for latchng the seat in folded position comprising a V-shaped spring secured on said ledge with one branch of the V, projecting upwardly and rearwardly to Contact the lower end of the seat and be compreseed lthereby in folded position of the seat.

Irl-witness whereof, I have hereunto afxed my signature.

PETER THIBODEAU.- 

